- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Suggest Public Opinion Data
Public Opinion
Support for same-sex marriage in Central and Eastern Europe ?
Ranked #17 out of 19 regions surveyed. (Source: Pew Research Center, June 2015-July 2016)
(92%) Oppose
Favor (5%)
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2016, Eastern/Central Europe) ?
Ranked #17 out of 19 regions surveyed. (Source: Pew Research Center, June 2015-July 2016)
(92%) No
Yes (5%)
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People ?
Ranked #90 out of 119 regions surveyed. (Source: Gallup, 2013)
(78%) Not a good place
Good place (7%)
By The Numbers
77%
of Orthodox Christians support the Church's position on refusing to perform same-sex marriages
15%
oppose
(Pew Research Center, 2017)
History
Homosexual activity in Moldova is legal.
Current status
Since 1995
Since 1995
Legal
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Moldova is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Moldova, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Moldova is legal, but requires surgery.
Current status
Legal, but requires surgery
Moldovan law allows for legal gender change only after ‘change of sex’. So far this has been interpreted as biological / surgical change of sex. In 2011, four individuals had successfully changed gender in law in Moldova since independence. After biological / surgical change of sex, the Moldovan Ministry of Information and Technology will issue a certificate stating that the person has changed sex. With this certificate it is possible to change all other official documents (passport, birth certificate, ID card etc).
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Moldova is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Rainbow Europe reports that Moldova doesn’t recognize non-binary gender identities yet, though it may happen in the future.
LGBT employment discrimination in Moldova is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Feb 9, 2023
Since Feb 9, 2023
LGBT housing discrimination in Moldova is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2013
Since Jan 1, 2013
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Serving openly in military in Moldova is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Gays and lesbians allowed to serve, transgenders unfortunately aren’t
Blood donations by MSMs in Moldova is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
The Moldovan legislation bans MSMs from donating blood due to high risk of transmitting STDs.
Equal age of consent in Moldova is equal.
Current status
Since 2002
Since 2002
Equal
LGBT Rights by Autonomous Territorial Unit
View the LGBT laws in each individual autonomous territorial unit of Moldova.
- Gagauzia, Unitatea teritoriala autonoma
- Stînga Nistrului, unitatea teritoriala din (Territorial Unit)
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